Google+ Loses 60% of Active Users 519
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from the grass-isn't-always-greener dept.
from the grass-isn't-always-greener dept.
First time accepted submitter tech4 writes "Despite users' curiosity around Google+, it seems like most Google+ users just wanted to see the platform before returning to Facebook. 'Google has lost over 60 per cent of its active users on its social network Google+, according to a report by Chitika Insights, raising questions about how well it is doing against its rival, Facebook. Despite the clear interest in an alternative to Facebook, it does not appear that the people joining are staying around and actively using the web site. Google's problem is not getting users in the first place, it seems, but rather keeping them after they have arrived. For now it appears that a lot of users are merely curious about Google+, but return to the tried and tested format of Facebook when the lustre fades. The problem is that Facebook is not going to rest on its laurels while Google attempts to get the advantage. Already it has added features inspired by Google+, particularly in terms of improving the transparency of its privacy options.'"
Re:Critical mass (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Facebook has the users and the games. (Score:4, Informative)
The value of a social network lies in having all your friends on it too, and that's true for Facebook but it isn't true for G+
People keep blindly insisting that is true, but I disagree.
G+ has 500 people in my ham radio circle, interesting reading every day.
G+ has seemingly every debian developer there, admittedly not too talkative.
G+ has every tech journalist / videoblogger / media type that I watch. Coincidence? Doesn't really matter.
G+ has several small shop online retailers whom I've purchased from on. Ladyada, etc. Coincidence? Doesn't really matter.
Supposedly more people are leaving every day, but I see more and more good stuff in my stream every day, so I'm not exactly a believer.
I do agree, the professional graphics artist kid I sat next to at lunch in 8th grade isn't on G+. The kid I got a loitering ticket with back in 1991 when we skipped out of gym class and I haven't seen since is not on G+. Do I care? No..
Re:We want something new but the same. (Score:4, Informative)
Multifox lets you keep multiple windows with different sets of cookies open in FF.
Re:We want something new but the same. (Score:4, Informative)
As someone who works with and for the common man six days a week I can sum up why the go back in a single word....Zynga. Folks are addicted to those damned FB games like they are crack. I swear i've even had people come in and base their new PCs on how well it will play Farmville!
While I don't mess with the social crap (lucky if I have time to sleep most weeks) if they don't have all the big Zynga games...Farm/Frontierville, Mafia Wars, etc they can give it up chuck, folks just aren't giving up their FB games. You'd be surprised how many hours some folks have sunk into those things! Hell that was one of the things that drove me nuts about my ex, she'd be staying over and no matter how much I wore her down, 7:00AM on the dot she'd be on the PC for her hour of Farmville. She simply refused to ever miss her one hour of Farmville no matter what.
I swear that thing is like crack to large sections of the pop, so if G+ doesn't also have those games AND a way to transfer the hours they've already put in PLUS an easy way like FB has to get people to help you get items? No chance in hell friend, no chance in hell.